# अङ्ग
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* aṅga (Latin script)
* 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
* অঙ্গ (Bengali script)
* අඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
* အင်္ဂ or ဢင်္ၷ or ဢင်ၷ (Burmese script)
* องฺค or อังคะ (Thai script)
* ᩋᩘᨣ (Tai Tham script)
* ອງ຺ຄ or ອັງຄະ (Lao script)
* អង្គ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄋𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

### Noun

अङ्ग n
* Devanagari script form of aṅga

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অঙ্গ (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
* অঙ্গ (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
* အင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
* અઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
* អង្គ (Khmer script)
* ອງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
* അങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
* ଅଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
* අඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
* அங்க³ (Tamil script)
* అఙ్గ (Telugu script)
* องฺค (Thai script)
* ཨ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ́ŋ.ɡɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɐŋ.ɡɐ/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hángas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“corner”).

#### Noun

अङ्ग॑ • (áṅga) stem, m (root अङ्ग्)
* a limb of the body
** a mental organ, the mind
* a limb, member
* the body
* a branch, division (e.g. of a science)
** (Vedic religion) Vedanga (six auxiliary disciplines connected to the study of the Vedas)
** (Jainism) Anga (the twelve sacred texts of the Jain canon)
    Synonym: आगम (āgama)
** a subdivision of a मन्त्र (mantra); a government department
* any subdivision, a supplement
* (grammar) the stem or base of a word, but in the strong cases only
* anything inferior or secondary, anything immaterial or unessential
* (rhetoric) an illustration
* (drama) the whole of the subordinate characters
* expedient

##### Derived terms

* चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga)

##### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: oŋg
** Kashmiri: انگ
* Pali: aṅga
* Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕 (aṃga) (see there for further descendants)

###### Borrowed terms

* → Hindi: अंग (aṅg)
* → Malay: angka (“numeral”)
** Indonesian: angka
* → Malayalam: അംഗം (aṅgaṁ)
* → Mongolian: анги (angi, “class, grade, classroom”)
* → Old Javanese: aṅga
** Javanese: ꦲꦁꦒ (angga)
** → Balinese: ᬳᬗ᭄ᬕ (angga)
* → Telugu: అంగము (aṅgamu)
* → Tocharian B: ānk

### Etymology 2

Uncertain. The traditional derivation from अङ्ग् (aṅg, “to go”) is semantically unappealing. Others connect the word to Old Prussian anga (“whether”).

#### Particle

अङ्ग • (aṅga)
* a particle implying attention, assent or desire, and sometimes impatience; it may be rendered by well
* indeed, true; please; rather; quick

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 7/2-3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 48
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “anga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 6
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 30-1